good monday morning. we get a look at our nation's capitol. i'm gurvir dhindsa. let's go straight over to tony to find out what to expect on this monday. >> good morning. i think we can expect more of the same. take the umbrella with you as we expect to see more rain showers. some of you are seeing some rain showers early this morning. let's look at hd radar. you can see the precipitation as it moves through the region primarily off to the north and

west at this hour. as the day progresses, we'll see more rain showers move through as we speak. some rain showers this morning and then later on this afternoon, chance of some thunderstorm activity developing once again. let's take a look at the current temperatures around the region. we are at 54 degrees. it's mild start to the day. fairly humid start. let's check the humidity, tell you what that is as well. right now, humidity level is at 87%. a lot of humidity out there. 50degrees in gaithersburg. 56degrees at quantico. here is your forecast for today. some showers are possible during the course of these morning hours. again, we are seeing those off to the north and west. then later on today, i think primary will you during the course of the afternoon, there is a chance of some thunderstorms developing as well. high today about 70 degrees. more details on all of that. coming up in just a little bit. stick with us for that. >> thank you so much. our top stories. the number of dead continues to go up in the south.

a deadly twister ripped through mississippi killing 10 people and two people in alabama. at least three dozen were hurt. that storm also damaged hundreds of homes. rescue ares went out on sunday to find anybody would might still be trapped while survivors returned to damaged homes to salvage what they can. >> these miners lived as they died in pursuit of the american dream. >> mr. obama led memorial seven he is for the west virginia miners killed earlier this month. the president and vice president joe biden told the men's families that the country would hon irthe men's memories by improving mine safety this this country. out on the national mall, it was a celebration of earth day and a push to change things in your home. john legend was just one of the head liners lending his voice to what was billed as the climate rally on the mall. roz plater was there and shows

us why they say it was important. >> reporter: earth day 2010 is a very different celebration than when it all started four decades ago. for one thing, the issue has gone global. there seems to be a renewed sense of interest. a sea of faces on the national mall to celebrate earth day. while some may have been drawn to the moussal headliners, long- time environmental activists say the message is still getting through. >> i think it is important to show people we can celebrate at the same time we are saving t it is not all doom and gloom. >> reporter: 40 years after the first earth day teach-in, how much of an impact has it had on us. we put that question to this family, three generations strong. >> i would say that the environment became a lot more important. >> my son is 18 months and i want him to go up and have a good sense of taking care of

the environment and hoping that the world lasts that long for him to grow up, you know. >> reporter: from the stage, rally speakers talked about the importance of green jobs. in this economy, rally goers worry those jobs are head elsewhere. >> it is the unfortunate point that moving towards energy efficient sis also moving our jobs overseas because our companies are investing in advanced technology overseas, not here. www.ripbs.org organizers say their movement is headed in a new direction. >> i'm seeing more of a civic focus this year and the last couple years than i've ever felt. i think the general rule is that people first see something about themselves. they do something in their community and eventually, they will expect their leaders to step up to the plate. >> reporter: long-time activists are encouraging folks

to harness that you are raw power and use it at the ballot box. rally goers were reminded that the green revolution starts with just one person. they were asked to go home, write down six little things they can do to help change the planet. roz plater, fox 5 news. we have much more ahead as fox amorning news at 40 begins now. it is monday morning. it is april 26th. a live look at our nation's capitol and a little bit wet outside after today. i'm gurvir dhindsa along with my friend tony perkins. >> good morning to you. >> there are a few raindrops out there. i think we'll see more during the course of the day after yesterday was a mostly rain- free day and then during the late afternoon and evening we had the thunderstorms come

through. we'll talk more about that later on this morning. take a look at the current conditions being reported around the area. 54degrees in the district. temperatures updating as we're looking at them. 55degrees in washington. 50 in gaithersburg. 52 in culpeper. annapolis at 53 degrees at this hour. look at the thunderstorms as they came through last night. pretty powerful storms. and again, this morning, behind that, we've got cloudy skies, showers continuing to the north and west and humid conditions across the area. that will set the stage for the possibility of more thunderstorms later on today. here that is forecast for today. some showers possible this morning. chance of more showers and thunderstorms during the course of the afternoon. is it going to rain straight through the day? no. there will be periods of rain but i do expect most of you will see some rain activity and maybe some thunderstorms. looking for 70-degree as a high. that is about average. >> that is not bad. this morning, we want to

turn to traffic and charlie -- no, not yet. we don't have charlie. we will check in with him later on to let you know how traffic is moving out there early on this monday. right now, our top stories. it is deadly weather we begin t the number of dead hasseries ton 1 in the south. a twister cut a path of defrux from louisiana to mississippi. -- of destruction from louisiana to mississippi. we have the latest. >> reporter: a tilted cross outside a mississippi church ripped from the foundation by saturday's deadly tornado. >> we are all saddened. we are all shocked. but jesus is in control. >> reporter: the twister reportedly packed winds as high as 200 miles per hour blowing

apart homes, tossing cars an tear path this restaurant. >> that taught me a lesson. you don't have time. >> reporter: several people huddling inside as the tornado lifted off its roof. >> by time we got into the doors of the restaurant, everything was coming in on top of us. >> reporter: more than 15 mississippi counties damaged by the storm's fury, beginning in louisiana and moving east. >> it is just remarkable to see the people who pull a four wheeler out of the backup truck, sling the chain saw over the back and just ride in where the trucks can't get, where nobody can go. >> reporter: the national guard and emergency crews sift through the wreckage looking for anyone who may have survived and for those who didn't. neighbors recall how quickly the tornado moved in and what it left behind. >> i run in the house and it is all i could do was pull some

mat he iss over me. >> reporter: this is a largest county in mississippi, 940 square miles. according to the governor, this tornado was on the ground for 40 miles in this county alone. >> ironically, a coroner working in the area was nearly killed when the tornado picked up his truck and flipped it over four times. we're physicalling a developing story out of asia this morning where an earthquake rattled taiwan and the philippines. the 6.5 quake hit the pacific ocean about # hundred miles south of taiwan. that earthquake swayed buildings in the capital but so far no reports of injuries and no tsunami alert. president barack obama and vice president biden attended a memorial service for the miners killed on april 5th. the president said the coal miners died pursuing the american dream and he told the

families that the nation would honor their memories by improving mine safety. >> how can we fail them? how can a nation that relies on its miners not do everything in its power to protect them. >> the president has ordered a review of all u.s. coal mines that have poor safety records. the senate will take a closer look at the issue mine safety on tuesday. this man said he just wanted to seat president but now police are trying to figure out why joseph mcveigh had a car and a gun. investigators say he got out of a car wearing the gun. he never got anywhere near the president. he has been charged with a misdemeanor. mayor is wilkerson's last

words will be placed in court. she called 911 saying quote, i don't want to die. a person would robbed an off-duty prince george's county police officer remains on the run this morning. this happened on old silver hill road in suitland. the robber got away with cash. this man is the suspect in a bizarre confrontation that left another man with several stab wounds. police say edwin sameron intentionally rammed the victim's car, banged on the windows and when the victim got out, investigators say he stab the him. the victim is expected to survive. another big story making headlines this morning, growing anger over a new law aimed at fighting illegal immigration. >> make no mistake about it,

this is not a fight between minorities. this is a fight for justice and fairness for everyone. >> coming up next, we'll tell you why some fear the new law in one state may lead to something else. you are watching fox 5 morning news. 

we are checking headlines at 4:39 this morning. authorities in minnesota say alcohol may have been a factor in a head-on car crash that left six people deed including three teenagers. they say a 16-year-old who had received her license less hand three weeks ago was behind the wheel of a car that crossed the center line on highway 95 and hit an oncoming suv. that suv burst into flames. the 16-year-old driver is in serious condition. high speeds are forcing a delay in the clean-up of that oil rig in the gulf of mexico.

it happened after an oil rig explosion last week. coast guard believes as much as 42,000-gallons of oil are leaking into the ocean every day. another protest in arizona against the state's tough new immigration law. about 3500 demonstrators rallied in phoenix. they called on president obama to fight that new law. the arizona law is meant to secure the u.s.-mexican border against illegal immigration but as fox's mary ann rafferty reports, many say the law doesn't protect against racial profiling. >> reporter: thousands are protesting at the arizona state capitol, upset over a new law aimed at illegal immigration. it allows police to ask people about the immigration status if the officer suspected they are here illegally and arrest them if they are. opponents say the law is unconstitutional and will encourage racial profiling. >> make no mistake about it.

this is not a fight between minorities. this is a fight for justice and fairness for everyone. >> reporter: supporters say police will not be allowed to pull someone over because of their skin color. >> this bill does not allow any police officer to contact somebody just because they look hispanic. this bill doesn't require people to carry identification. these are all misconceptions, either through sloppy research or through purposeful distortion. say it is all a ploy by democrats to get more hispanic votes during the mid- term elections. >> attacking people just because they want the law to be enforced. it is a reasonable measure. the mayor of phoenix is filing a suit against the law. >> the federal government needs to do what everybody wants except the bad guys is secure the border and get a comprehensive immigration reform policy. >> reporter: opponents say

federal agents simply refused to accept any of the illegal immigrants police turn over. the new law will take effect in july. for a lot of high schoolers, it is time to start thinking about college. one big decision, what should their major be? coming up next, we'll run down the best majors to land a job in the brutal job market. also coming up in just a few moments, we saw some thunderstorms yesterday. we look at your weather and we'll have a look at traffic as well. more fox 5 morning news is coming right up.

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welcome back. take a look at this. a lot of people turned out yesterday in hyattsville, maryland to raise awareness about kidney disease. this is the national kidney foundation's kidney walk at the mall at prince george's. it was also a chance to educate adults and children about kidney disease an have a little bit of fun as well. what was nice was the rain held off for the most part until late in the day yesterday. a little bit muggy out there but at least we didn't deal with the rain showers. >> it was a warm and humid day yesterday. at dulles, it got up to 80 degrees yesterday. reagan national, 77. up to the north, temperatures

were much cooler. bwi only made it up to 60 degrees yesterday. that is a big difference in temperatures. hence the thunderstorm we saw yesterday afternoon. you can see there are some wouldn'ting showers including areas of heavy rain up near frederick, just to the north of frederick and near the hagerstown area. baltimore has a few showers inside its beltway. here around wash, we just have moisture in the air with humidity. we don't have anything in the way of precipitation although there are some showers fairly close just off to the west. we'll keep our eyes on that. could see a few more showers develop during the course of the morning. take a look at max 2. we can show you the temperatures across the region. 55degrees right now in the district. 53 in annapolis, manassas at 54 degrees. hagerstown, 52 degrees and in leonardtown, it is 52 degrees as well. our humidity levels are in the 80 to 90% range so it is a muggy start to the day. there is your big pact. man, a lot of activity through here again primarily to the north of washington yesterday.

again, those thunderstorms lined up right where you had the difference between the air masses. the warm air mass to the south and the cooler air mass up to the north. that came through here. today, we'll see more showers line up and some thunderstorms roughly the same area although i think we could see a few more across the washington area as the afternoon progresses. so forecast for today looks like this. a lot of clouds around today. during the course of the morning, a couple of showers possible again particularly north and west steeft. during the afternoon, some more rainfall and some thunderstorms possible. our average high for today is 70 degrees. that is what we're looking for for a high. for tonight, the evening showers and thunderstorms lingering around the area. overnight showers, breezy, 52 degrees for your overnight low. your five-day forecast looks like this. tomorrow, 64 for your high so we'll see below normal temperatures for a couple of days. we dry out the latter part of tuesday and then wednesday and thursday. friday night or into saturday, we could see more showers

develop once again. now, let's got an update on traffic. for that, we have charlie mack in for julie. >> good morning. we'll start in virginia and look here at 66 east of nutley street. you can see very light volume, not much to slow you down as you head in toward the beltway and even continuing around and the overnight construction has been lifted and you should be in good shape. the outer loop of the beltway here in maryland into silver spring, very light volume. inner loop a little bit heavier but better conditions. a little bit of road spray is the only thing have you to deal with this morning. very easy commute this morning. shouldn't see much in the way of delays. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. a lot of young people are think ago head to their college careers now and long gone were the days when college students could major in 16th century french literature or adventure

recreation. graduates are facing one of the toughest economies in decades so they need a degree that will land them a job. fox's brenda butner takes a look at the best majors. >> reporter: the latest side he can of the poor labor market for new college grads, lower salaries. those graduating this spring and landing a job will see average starting salary offers down 1.7% from last year. the average is under $48,000. that is according to the national association of colleges and employers spring salary survey. but that average salary doesn't apply to all types of graduates. it steps on career paths. those with liberal arts degrees are among the worst off. their average salaries have fallen 8.9% from last year. last year, when we did the student survey, the lowest rate for any of the majors that we tracked was in journalism. graphic design and visual

performing arts were all very low paid and traditionally low paid. >> reporter: those better off, engineering graduates. they make up eight of the 10 most highly paid. specifically, petroleum engineers will see average offers of more than $86,000. >> computer science degrees have inreesed their salaries on a regular basis by 6%. >> reporter: another field with strong demand is health. >> nursing falls out of the top 10 by just a little bit. average salary in the high 40s. it has relatively strong demand. >> one degree that we don't report on because it doesn't quite fit into the bachelor's category but is a health- related degree and gets paid very well is the pharmacy degree. >> reporter: in new york, brenda butner, fox news. from auto parts to body parts, an alabama factory is in the midst of a rebirth of sorts. they are helping to rebuild

lives. we have a reported. >> reporter: it looks like your average factory. workers busy drilling, measuring and buffing. but this former auto parts shop is now making body parts. >> before we got into the medical, our product was tools for the automotive industry. now, our product is surgical instruments and implants for the body. >> reporter: charlie tucker remembers when turner made parts of carburetors and fenders. but the auto industry started importing more from other countries forcing turner to cut hours, lay off staff and possibly close for good. >> we realize that we're going to have to make a change. >> reporter: change actually found them actually medical company asked turner to make a surgical tool. they decided to take a chance. >> so we started out with some simple surgical instruments and we moved up from there to the more complicated instruments. >> reporter: today, they make implants used to repair injured spines and broken bones. many here in athens, alabama

don't even realize that turner make high-tech medical devices like these but the transformation from making auto parts to medical parts, saved a company from failure and kept a lot of good-paying jobs in the area. >> we take pride because what we build may be used on us one of these days. >> reporter: the company continues to grow one body part at a time. >> the 0 jobs that we should add this year will probably add about two and a half million into the economy. it will put a lot of kids through college and help buy people a lot of houses. football season is still many months away as the redskin continue their makeover, a new quarterback, new players and a new head coach. we'll hear from coach shanahan on where the team stands. also, another nifty win for the nats. we'll check sports on the other side of the break. 

it has been a busy few months since mike shanahan and brew allen teamed up to help revamp the vied skins organization and the changes keep on coming. four weeks ago, the redskins acquired donovan mcnabb from the eagles. the redskins filled one of their biggest needs by drafting trent williams with the fourth overall pick. the redskins chose five offensive players. three were offensive linemen. the head coach had this to say about where his team stands after a very busy april. >> we made some strides. we are not done yet. we'll still be looking over the wire relative to free agency. we'll get a chance to evaluate the football team in the next mini camp. it is a day to day process. we'll keep on trying to get better so we can do the things

we're capable of doing. that is our ultimate goal. the cap taps are hoping to finish off the montreal canadiens. they lead the series 3-2. they say to win tonight, they need to get off to a good start. >> it is not easy in the playoffs and teams battle for everything they got. for whatever season, we didn't come out strong in the first period. we needed to be better. it took the wind out of our sails. we were success envelope montreal so hopefully we can go there. out on the field think the nationals go back above .500. nat olsen had haze best outing since last year. the nats finished the home 6-4.

>> olsen was asked if he could recite any songs. >> i barely know anything about elvis. it is kind of tight and itches. i'll take it. >> he is the nationals $15 million arm, baseball rookie stephen strasbourg. we take a closer look. >> reporter: stephen strasburg is arguably the most talented pitching prospect of all time according to sports columnists. >> awesome. >> reporter: the # 1-year-old is the first overall pick in the 2009 baseball draft by the washington nationals with a fast ball clocked as high as 10 # miles per hour. >> they say he comes around once in a lifetime. >> it seems to be a win-win for the owner of the harrisburg senators, the city and fans, of course. >> knowing that he was a pick in the draft for the nationals and it is a big deal.

>> reporter: a record crowd of harrisburg senators and stephen strasburg fans waited through a two-hour rain delay follow bid a 20-minute power outage to see him pitch last week in his first home game. >> we've seen a big upswing in season tickets from last year. our group sales are way ahead of where we were last year. >> reporter: with the upswing of clouds crowd flocking into town, the mayor is hoping that will mean more bucks spent on the local economy. >> hopefully be, people empty out into our streets and support our local businesses. >> reporter: residents are optimistic. >> it will bring people to come in and experience harrisburg maybe for the first time. >> the economy is not so good right now. i think morale and just feeling good about things will help. >> reporter: helping the economy can be fun too. >> entertainment if a family. people bring their kids out and you don't break the bank doing

it. in these times, that is pretty important. good news for the nats too. strasburg is expected to take the pitcher's mobbed at -- mound at nationals park in june. good morning to you. looks like a little mist out there. we're glad you are along. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. tough to see the top of the monument this morning. let's say to tony perkins. >> it is muggy outside right now. it is humid out there. kind of a tropical feeling to the air and we'll see another day where our temperatures will be not as warm as yesterday but it will be warm and then some more thunderstorms developing as well. let's show you the current